Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-17

IL any of our fellow citizens who have
barrels full OF shining ducats in the cellar
waiting for good investment. had had the
good sense and good fortune to have in
vested their money in the stock of the c.
c. c. 4 l., Springiield's pet railroad. about
ten days ago. they could haze realized a
clear profit OF six per cent. in ten days on
their investment. About ten days ago
noticed that the bears had hammered c. c.
c. & 1. down to fifty. In few days came
the big fall opening" boom in stocks and
C. c. c. & |. scared TO So as if it had nitro
glycerine behind 1t. Several hundred
shares were sold at that price September
10th.
OF the stocks OF the other roads which
run through Springfield l. b. X W. is
listed. but the stock Of the Little Miami
and \. Y. p. 4 o. are not separately
listed in the New York exchange reports.
Very little railroad stock is bought and
held in Springfield for investment. The
people are pretty shy of it. especially peO-
pie who got that beautiful chrome stock of
the Springfield. Jackson and Pomeroy rail
road on the installment plan. three-thrds
down and the other three-thirds when called
for. Ii is such railroad wreckers as Ives
who have brought railroad stocks into dis
rspute for investment. In England. stocks
OF this character are considered almost as
safe Is government bonds. In this country
most people won't touch them with ten
foot pole.
A local paper said last week that the
mayor had determined TO close up the
bucket shops in Springfield. The only
kind of bucket shops here just at present
which could be closed up are the tin bucket
shops, because for the first time in its his
tory for several years. Springfield has no
stock gambling bucket shop. Some
weeks ago big bucket shop in
Dayton. which had branch in
Springfield busted" up. and the Springfield
branch went down also. leaving number
Of Springfield pork bulls eagerly hunting
for their profits. Had the bucket shop
have weathered the storm, more than
dozen Springfield spectators would have
made several hundred dollars each on a
handsome rise in Chicago pork. The bucket
shop sucrumbed. however. the room soon
grew dusty. and the blackboard upon which
the quotations which had brought JOY or
grief to anxious spectators. was covered
with cobweb quotations. Then some scrib-
bling genius had written on the blackboard.
"A fool and his money are soon partef."
This sentence takes on peculiar signiti-
NJ when a reAnAmhAr that Al
springfield firms were broken all 10 smash
by the members speculating in this very
oucket shop. and many business men
dropped handsome little wads .'bucking
the tiger" but it is not exactly clear
whether the sentence was written by the
proprietor, or by the victims.
But was no money made in this bucket
shop? Certainly il was. A good deal OF
money was made by local Spectators in
lard and pork, and an old New York stock
speculator, who was living in Springfield
for a while. used 10 make hundreds of dol |
lars In stocks. This man has q dramatic
history. Starting in New York with few
ten-dollar bills, in ten or twelve years OF
speculation he accumulated a fortune OF
over $780, 900: and then lost it as easily a.
il came by the reverse process. He is a
handsome and intelligent man and seems |
likely TO win back his fortune. Local
>peculatOrs used to ask his advice in regard |
to the profits of the business. His invaria- |
Ole advice 10 all was, that unless they |
studied stock speculation as profession. |
they had better let it severely alone.
A certain country gentleman. living near |
Springfield. not long ago received a letter |
from his brother, who is an enthusiastic in |
habtant of southern California. The |
brother went on to eNpatiate on the immense |
number of products which could be raised |
On his ranch, and enclosed a lengthy bill of |
fare in which each separate article had been |
produced on his place. and which had been |
served at a family dinner not long ago The
letter closed as follows: What do you |
denizens of scrubby Ohio think Of that"
This set the Clark county brother to |
Shortly after he had . magnifi-
cent dinner himself. and made it point
that there should be no dish on the table
which was not produced on a Clark county
farm. Shortly after, the California brother
received letter and a bill Of fare. This
letter closed: What do you denizens ~
potash California think Of that?r n |
give the bill of fare in full. and II |
would be well if a good many people here |
and hereabouts. who do nothing but com
plain of the shortcomings or our beautiful |
Ohio. would study it carefully. and commit |
to memory if necessary. Ii is wonderful |
showing of the fruitfulness and product
iveness Of grand old Ohio and wonderful |
old Clark:
BILL OF FARE.
Composed of dishes produced in Clark |
county, o.:
Pickerel with cream sauce. Mad River Bass |
White carp.